Socialist Party of Mexico

The Socialist Party of Mexico was a socialist political party in Mexico that existed from 1848 to 1936. The party was founded by Mexican Marxists, and the party supported the implementation of a planned economy, a secularized form of government, and cuts in military spending. The party was popular among the farmers of Mexico and members of the mestizo and Native American ethnicities, all of whom were marginalized by the criollo government for hundreds of years. The party would hold 14.1% of seats in the upper house in 1862, making it almost the size of the Liberal Party of Mexico, which held 17.2% of the government.